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> Most research fails

So long as the research has a conclusion, it's not a failure. We learned something. There may be something to be said for whether or not the research is a worthy topic, but that's a different conversation.

Without some research the current President would probably not be healthy enough to be in office, clearly we have to reduce the risk of that happening again.

Negative results are not a failure - this perception is one of the biggest problems with academia

Failure in big companies is very common too. They lead to reorganisation, retries and new ways of working. Why is it accepted in the private sector, but not in the public sector?

I’m saying it’s not even a failure - negative results are still desirable outcomes of the scientific process.

Scientists and their work is not "fungible"

There is going to be AT LEAST a whole generation of loss of progress at this point.

Everything is going to slowly crawl to a stop

and it's not an accident but by design, it's right out of Project2025

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ban-renewing-sen...